Muhammad Momtaz | |
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Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1951–1957 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Narayan Chobey |
Constituency | Kharagpur Assembly constituency |
Personal details | |
Born | Kharagpur,Midnapore district,Bengal Presidency |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Maulana Muhammad Momtaz was an Islamic scholar and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was a member of the first West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Momtaz was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Kharagpur,Midnapore district,Bengal Presidency. [1]
Momtaz contested in the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as an Indian National Congress candidate for Kharagpur Assembly constituency,defeating Hindutva-oriented Bharatiya Jana Sangh politician B. C. Ghose. [1] He lost to Marxist candidate Narayan Chobey in the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. [2]